Actually it’s much more than a simple replacement of the standard windows editor, because of all the features. Take a closer look at the feature list below and you’ll notice that MacGyver could name it his favorite Swiss Army Knife. Yes, commercial editors like UltraEdit have a lot more to offer, but do you need all the stuff if all you want is a small and simple text editor – even though I believe Notepad++ is quite a sophisticated exemplar?

Are you sometimes annoyed of clicking through your program menu until you finally find the application that you want to start? No, you say, because you have all the links on your desktop or created dozens of quickstart icons. What kind of a mess is that? I suggest you try Launchy. It’s freely availyble at http://www.launchy.net/ and will speed up your daily work.

So, what is Launchy? It’s an “Open Source Keystroke Launcher for Windows”. The tool indexes all your programs while running in the background.

“Never touch that switch, even if you want to” – from the Robbie Williams Album ‘Rudebox’

Switching tasks with Alt-Tab is daily business, but often filled with annoyance. You hit alt-tab and see a similar icon for each dos box that is running along with your other applications and you have to step throught the whole list until you find the right program. If this bothers you, forget about it and try TaskSwitchXP. You can get it for free at http://www.ntwind.com/software/taskswitchxp.html